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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research

Date Submitted: Oct 15, 2025
Date Accepted: Jan 28, 2026

The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Machine Learning–Based Audiovisual Phenotyping for Measuring Communication, Shared Decision-Making, and Trust

Khaikin S, Tiruvadi V, Brooks J, Baird A, Grela-Mpoko AC, Hoffman L, Crossley J, Leasy M, Fineman J, Savoy M, Igarabuza L, Paranjape A, Foo CYS, Birnbaum ML, Zisman-Ilani Y

Machine Learning–Based Audiovisual Phenotyping for Measuring Communication, Shared Decision-Making, and Trust

JMIR Form Res 2026;10:e85906

DOI: 10.2196/85906

PMID: 41823725

PMCID: 12984015

Generative AI Audiovisual Phenotyping for Measuring Communication, Shared Decision Making, and Trust: Usability Study

  • Shely Khaikin; 
  • Vineet Tiruvadi; 
  • Jeffrey Brooks; 
  • Alice Baird; 
  • Anne-Catherine Grela-Mpoko; 
  • Lindsey Hoffman; 
  • Jadyn Crossley; 
  • Menachem Leasy; 
  • Jaime Fineman; 
  • Margot Savoy; 
  • Laura Igarabuza; 
  • Anuradha Paranjape; 
  • Cheryl Y. S. Foo; 
  • Michael L. Birnbaum; 
  • Yaara Zisman-Ilani

ABSTRACT

This usability pilot using multimodal digital phenotyping of facial expressions, speech prosody, and language demonstrated that patients with depression often displayed negative nonverbal emotional cues despite reporting positive patient-provider communication and shared decision making experiences, suggesting digital phenotyping may better predict engagement than traditional self-reports.


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Khaikin S, Tiruvadi V, Brooks J, Baird A, Grela-Mpoko AC, Hoffman L, Crossley J, Leasy M, Fineman J, Savoy M, Igarabuza L, Paranjape A, Foo CYS, Birnbaum ML, Zisman-Ilani Y

Machine Learning–Based Audiovisual Phenotyping for Measuring Communication, Shared Decision-Making, and Trust

JMIR Form Res 2026;10:e85906

DOI: 10.2196/85906

PMID: 41823725

PMCID: 12984015

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